List of people with given name Boris

Boris is a given name (see: Boris (given name)).

This is a list of people with given name Boris.

Rulers, nobles and saints

• Knyaz Boris I of Bulgaria (?–889), canonized after his death
• Tsar Boris II (931–977), ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire
• Tsar Boris III (1894–1943), ruler of the Kingdom of Bulgaria
• Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia
• Boris and Gleb, Russian princes; murdered 1015; first Russian saints
• Boris, Prince of Turnovo

A

• Boris Alexandrov (1905–1994), Soviet composer
• Boris Alexandrov, (1955–2002), Ice hockey player.

B

• Boris Barnet, Soviet film director
• Boris Becker (born 1967), German professional tennis player
• Boris Bede, French player of gridiron football
• Boris Berezovsky, Russian pianist
• Boris Berezovsky, Russia's first billionaire businessman
• Boris Berman, Russian pianist
• Boris Blank, Swiss artist and musician
• Boris Brejcha, German DJ and music producer

C

• Boris Christoff, Bulgarian opera singer

D

• Boris Daenen, electronic music producer and DJ known as Netsky
• Boris Diaw, French basketball player
• Boris Dlugosch, house music producer
• Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor

E

• Boris Ebzeyev, Karachay politician and judge, president of Karachay–Cherkessia and one of the principal commanders of Insurgency in the North Caucasus

F

• Boris Furlan, Slovenian jurist and politician

G

• Boris Gelfand, Israeli chess grandmaster
• Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia during the late 16th and early 17th centuries
• Boris Gromov, Russian military and political figure, Governor of Moscow Oblast, one of the principal commanders of Soviet-Afghan War
• Boris M. Gombač, Slovenian historian
• Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter; band leader of Aquarium
• Boris Grishayev, Soviet marathon runner
• Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich (born 1937), Soviet Olympic champion wrestler

H

• Boris Henry (born 1973), retired German javelin thrower
• Boris Hoppek (born 1970), German contemporary artist
• Boris Hybner (1941-2016), Czech actor, director, and mime artist

J

• Boris Johnson (born 1964), UK Prime Minister and former Mayor of London
• Boris Jordan, American investor involved in 1992 Privatization in Russia

K

• Boris Kagarlitsky, Russian academic and political dissident
• Boris Kalin, Slovenian sculptor
• Boris Karloff (1887–1969), English actor; appeared in many horror films
• Boris Kidrič, Slovenian communist official and resistance leader
• Boris Klyuyev (1944–2020), Russian actor
• Boris Kodjoe, American actor
• Boris Kollár, Slovakian businessman and politician
• Boris Kustodiev, Russian artist and painter
• Boris Kočí (born 1964), Czech former football player
• Boris Krajný (born 1945), Czech pianist

L

• Boris Lushniak, retired United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral who served as the acting Surgeon General of the United States
• Boris Lyatoshinsky, Ukrainian composer

M

• Boris Mikšić, Croatian businessman and politician
• Boris Miletić (born 1975), Croatian politician and mayor of Pula

N

• Boris Nachamkin (born 1933), American basketball player
• Boris Nayfeld, Belarusian gangster
• Boris Nemtsov, Russian scientist and politician

P

• Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer
• Boris Paichadze, Georgian football player
• Boris Palmer (born 1972), German politician
• Boris Pasternak, Soviet author; recipient, 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Boris Perušič (born 1940), Czech former volleyball player
• Boris Podrecca (born 1940), Slovenian-Italian architect
• Boris Polak (born 1954), Israeli world champion and Olympic sport shooter
• Boris Pugo, Soviet Communist politician of Latvian origins

R

• Boris Razinsky (1933–2012), Soviet Olympic footballer and manager
• Boris Rösner (1951-2006), Czech actor

S

• Boris Said, American race car driver
• Boris Serebryakov, Soviet serial killer and mass murderer known as the "Kuybyshev Monster"
• Boris Shaposhnikov, Soviet Russian general, Chief of the Staff of the Red Army, and Marshal of the Soviet Union, one of the principal commanders Eastern Front
• Count Boris Sheremetev, Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War
• Boris Sidis, Ukrainian psychiatrist
• Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
• Boris Starling, British novelist and screenwriter
• Boris Stürmer (1848–1917), Russian lawyer, Master of Ceremonies at the Russian Court, district governor of German descent, member of the Russian Assembly, Prime Minister of Russia, Minister of Internal Affairs and Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire
• Borys Szyc, Polish actor

T

• Boris Tadić (born 1958), Yugoslav-Serb politician; former President of Serbia
• Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
• Boris Titulaer, Dutch singer
• Boris Trajkovski, politician; former President of Macedonia

U-V

• Boris Vallejo, fantasy artist
• Boris van der Ham (born 1973), Dutch politician and actor
• Boris Vladimirov, Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Vian, French polymath

W

• Boris Williams, British musician; former member of The Cure

X-Y

• Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007), Soviet-Russian politician; first President of Russia, one of the principal commanders of Second Chechen War

Z

• Boris Žabka (born 1977), Slovak ice hockey coach
• Boris Zaitchouk, Soviet hammer thrower
• Boris Zeisser (born 1968), Dutch architect
• Boris Živković, Croatian footballer